Using Kid Infobits to Choose a bood to read - Lesson Plan
What to read, why to read?
Grade Level: 3-5
Subject: Language Arts/ Reading
Time Frame: 1-2 hours
Summary
Students will use TEL databases to search for book reviews and will discuss the usefulness of book reviews.
Databases/Other Resources Kids InfoBits
Procedures
Steps Steps for Teacher
Run the search described below before class.
Gather books described in some of the available book reviews for students to read following the exercise.
Lead the students through the search.
You may want to talk about the icons in the results list (camera icon for photos, PDF icon for scanned articles, circle or triangle icon for reading level)
Lead discussion of book reviews.
Steps for Librarian
None
Steps for Student 1. Go to Kids InfoBits. 2. Select Keyword Search. 3. In the search box, type Book Reviews. 4. The results page lists “Subjects containing the words: book reviews” (if you accidentally search “book review” without the "s," the database will return a list of “subjects containing the words book”). 5. Click throught the “View” button for the results list. 6. Scroll down the results page and select an article from Child Life, Boy’s Life, Stone Soup, or another children’s magazine.
7. Read a book review and discuss its characteristics: an interesting opening, photos from the book, a summary of the book, and a recommendation at the end. 8. Read a few book reviews and discuss which books sound interesting. Did the review make you want to read the book?
Related Activities 1. Read a book described in the book reviews you found. 2. Write a book review for a book you have recently read. 3. Locate and read a book that was reviewed elsewhere. 4. Form a book club to read and discuss books. As a group, write a book review and send it to the local or school newspaper. 5. Advanced students may want to experiment with the “advanced search” option. By searching “book reviews” as subject/name and a second subject/name search term, the results list can be narrowed to book reviews with the subject “baseball,” “dinosaurs,” or other topics of interest. The teacher may want to create a list of subjects in advance for students to select from to avoid “no hits found.”
Content Standards English Language Arts - Grades 3-5 Standard 8 - Literature
Content Area Reading 3081 Standard: The student will develop the reading skills necessary for word recognition, comprehension, interpretation, analysis, and evaluation of print and non-print text.
Learning Expectations/Grade Level Expectations Standard 8 - Literature Grade Level Expectations: GLE 0301.8.1 Use active comprehension strategies before, during, and after reading.
What to read, why to read?
Grade Level: 3-5
Subject: Language Arts/ Reading
Time Frame: 1-2 hours
Summary
Students will use TEL databases to search for book reviews and will discuss the usefulness of book reviews.
Databases/Other Resources
Kids InfoBits
Procedures
Steps
Steps for Teacher
Steps for Librarian
None
Steps for Student
1. Go to Kids InfoBits.
2. Select Keyword Search.
3. In the search box, type Book Reviews.
4. The results page lists “Subjects containing the words: book reviews” (if you accidentally search “book review” without the "s," the database will return a list of “subjects containing the words book”).
5. Click throught the “View” button for the results list.
6. Scroll down the results page and select an article from Child Life, Boy’s Life, Stone Soup, or another children’s magazine.
7. Read a book review and discuss its characteristics: an interesting opening, photos from the book, a summary of the book, and a recommendation at the end.
8. Read a few book reviews and discuss which books sound interesting. Did the review make you want to read the book?
Related Activities
1. Read a book described in the book reviews you found.
2. Write a book review for a book you have recently read.
3. Locate and read a book that was reviewed elsewhere.
4. Form a book club to read and discuss books. As a group, write a book review and send it to the local or school newspaper.
5. Advanced students may want to experiment with the “advanced search” option. By searching “book reviews” as subject/name and a second subject/name search term, the results list can be narrowed to book reviews with the subject “baseball,” “dinosaurs,” or other topics of interest. The teacher may want to create a list of subjects in advance for students to select from to avoid “no hits found.”
Content Standards
English Language Arts - Grades 3-5
Standard 8 - Literature
Content Area Reading 3081
Standard: The student will develop the reading skills necessary for word recognition, comprehension, interpretation, analysis, and evaluation of print and non-print text.
Learning Expectations/Grade Level Expectations
Standard 8 - Literature
Grade Level Expectations:
GLE 0301.8.1 Use active comprehension strategies before, during, and after reading.